11/22/2010

11/20/2010

I've been sketching a lot from the nature phenomenon that's currently airing on TV, "Great Migrations". Lots of Wildebeest, so here's a few. (My daughter calls them "wilderbeast" which I think is funny).

10/28/2010

10/27/2010

I don't know what it is that intrigues me so much about buffalo faces. The huge, floppy ears give them kind of a clownish look combined with the challenging stare and fierce horns. Plus they're so huge! Sketched from a nature program, a few days ago. Ballpoint pen.

7/22/2010

I was so enchanted with this video, tried drawing a few pallas cats myself. They are small wildcats of Siberia, with long thick fur, small heads and tiny ears set low on a broad face. My first sketch was entirely from memory:

then I looked at photos again and saw I had the markings wrong the forehead has spots not stripes, so I did this sketch to fix the coat pattern:

7/19/2010

More drawings! I thought it would be fun to show some where I had drawn nearly the same pose both times I sketched from the film. The first drawing in each pair is from eight years ago, in pencil; the second from two days ago, in pen.

Disney's Black Stallion movie has always been one of my favorite films. You can tell how much because not only have I watched it many times, but also drawn and sketched from it! Most recently, I got it to show my daughter and we both did some drawing a few days ago.

Here are some of my drawings from that recent viewing:

this one was the most fun and challenging to draw; horse rolling on his back in the sand

and my daughter's (she's five):

What's fun is that I went through old sketchbooks and folders and found drawings from two others times I watched this movie; some from when I was thirteen, others from just eight years ago (college). I like looking back to see how my drawing skills and style have changed.

Here are a few drawings from when I was thirteen:

and some from eight years ago:

note: the previous year's drawings were done in pencil; the ones I did recently with two different pens